Thursday, March 10, 2011

I swear I won't beat this horse forever (Ali this means I promise not to talk about Orlando forever)But I had a most interesting conversation with a friend who did not go to Orlando, so I felt it my duty to let her in on what she missed.As we talked about the Greatness that was Orlando and the Awesomeness of meeting all the women I got to meet and what each and everyone of them brought to the table and or pool.She said a most interesting thing.........If *DFACS* found out about what I or we had done they would have fits seven different ways from Sunday, and a couple not seen on a Saturday. (realizing that not all of the ladies were foster parents)But the ones who were..........goodlordhavemercy.........They would NOT realize the therapy value or any kind of value in having something like I just experienced. It gave us hope,guidance,wisdom,love,how-to,how-not to, a shoulder to lean on, an ear to listen, understanding & no condemnation, and did I mention hope? A coniption fit (from *dfacs*) to end them all would take place in every corner of the US. What my friend said was very true. This kind of thing would not be tolerated. God only knows what would happen if this kind of thing was allowed to go on! They should be paying us to do this kind of thing, not a witch hunt* for those trying to just make it one more day.

6 comments:

i dont think it would be considered a big deal hee-uh(here), but i couldnt say for certain. seems silly. almost nit picking, really. dont we have foster parent "support" meetings up here all the time? we did with therapeutic back then, anyway. whats the difference? what a bunch of poop heads. hhmmpph.

You just keep on beating that horse because a week is not enough time to process the amazing experience we had. I disagree respectfully with your friend and feel our office in our New England state gets the importance of foster parent connections and supports and encourages it at all levels....that may not be true on the other side of my state...but I am very blessed where we live.

I highly doubt our state would have anything good to say about us being supported by one another, but I assure you in this state there IS NOT any sort of support. The foster parent association is head up/run by the very same people that work for contractors hired by our DFACS.

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